It cost $500 million to build the highway extensions, the bridge and related overpasses. Another $300 million will go to maintaining the structures over the next 31 years. Of the $800 million total, the Quebec government will contribute $210 million.

Under the public-private partnership deal, a consortium known as Concession A25 S.E.C. built, financed and will operate and maintain the bridge and highway extensions (and even clear snow from them) until 2042, after which they will turn the infrastructure over to the Quebec government.

This map shows where it is:

Here are a couple of videos that explain the project and how the electronic tolls work:

Here are some photos I shot as workers put some finishing touches on the bridge on Friday, May 13, 2011:

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